Reviews

Cover: Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride: America's First Cross-Country Automobile Trip

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“Short sentences and readable prose capture much of the triumph and challenge of the 63-day trip undertaken in 1903 by Horatio Jackson, who was motivated by a $50 bet, and Sewall J. Crocker, his mechanic.” —School Library Journal

Cover: "Mrs. Riley Bought Five Itchy Aardvarks" and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing Science Facts

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“Readers can learn how to remember simple facts such as that the Earth orbits the Sun and the Moon orbits the Earth, or more challenging information such as the elements of the Mohs hardness scale. . . Colorful cartoons match the lightheartedness of the presentation. Teachers will find

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“Cheery, child-friendly examples are used for both English and metric measurements, progressing from smaller to larger weights in this approachable explanation of the topic.” —School Library Journal

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“This entry in the ’It’s Time’ series of Jewish holiday photo-essays is a charmer. Adorable preschoolers, including children of Asian and African descent, take a pretend trip to Israel to celebrate Israeli Independence Day, a common practice in Jewish schools across North…

Cover: Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More about Adverbs

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“The CATegorical cats are back. A professorial feline opens this offbeat lecture with a definition of adverbs and a color-coded guide to the types found throughout the book. Readers are then drawn into another of Cleary’s signature rhyming narratives, which tumbles across each page…

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“Iranian Revolution is the stronger of these two books. It begins with background on the role of Islam in Iranian history and describes the 20th-century conflict between the Iranian Shahs who wanted to embrace Western culture and the ultraconservative clerics, such as Khomeni,

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“These clearly written titles are illustrated with large photographs and period artwork, and the pages are broken up with text boxes featuring quotes and interesting anecdotes. Through them, readers learn about the tedium, excitement, and danger of archaeological digs.”…

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“These clearly written titles are illustrated with large photographs and period artwork, and the pages are broken up with text boxes featuring quotes and interesting anecdotes. Through them, readers learn about the tedium, excitement, and danger of archaeological digs.”…

Cover: The Chocolate Tree: [A Mayan Folktale]

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“These folktales are separated into sections, giving them the appearance of early chapter books. The large-print texts, accompanied by bright watercolor illustrations, reflect the culture from which they originated while remaining straightforward and concise, keeping emerging readers…

Cover: Bokuden and the Bully: [A Japanese Folktale]

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“These folktales are separated into sections, giving them the appearance of early chapter books. The large-print texts, accompanied by bright watercolor illustrations, reflect the culture from which they originated while remaining straightforward and concise, keeping emerging readers…

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“This title contains step-by-step directions for an array of room accessories that includes everything from earring dolls and doorknob covers to small tables and trash baskets.” —School Library Journal

Cover: Name That Style: All about Isms in Art

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“This book looks at stylistic movements in Western art from the birth of Naturalism during the Renaissance through the 20th century, ending with Op Art and Photorealism.” —School Library Journal

Cover: The Hero Twins: Against the Lords of Death [A Mayan Myth]

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“A narrative of a contemporary boy assigned to read the myth for school begins and ends the story. . . this framing device may draw in readers resistant to the historical or ‘educational’ theme. Children may not pick this up on their own, but once they begin they’ll find much to…

Cover: An Australian Outback Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What Adventure

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“The interconnections created by the choices effectively illustrate the complexity of food webs while providing information about the plants and animals that form the components. Lively, engaging writing helps sustain interest. The back matter will assist report writers, and the…

Cover: A Tundra Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What Adventure in the Arctic

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“The interconnections created by the choices effectively illustrate the complexity of food webs while providing information about the plants and animals that form the components. Lively, engaging writing helps sustain interest. The back matter will assist report writers, and the…